Combat Press Boxing Rankings: February 2018

In the world of boxing, the rankings picture can get a little muddled. There are multiple titleholders and different organizational rankings. We’ve taken the approach of simply identifying who we think are the 10 best fighters in each weight class as of this moment.

Every month, Combat Press will rank each weight class from heavyweight to strawweight, as well as the pound-for-pound rankings.

Note: the numbers in parentheses represent the fighter’s ranking from the previous rankings.

Heavyweight

Anthony Joshua (1)

Deontay Wilder (2)

Luis Ortiz (3)

Joseph Parker (4)

Kubrat Pulev (5)

Alexander Povetkin (6)

Jarrell Miller (7)

Dillian Whyte (8)

Andy Ruiz Jr. (9)

Carlos Takam (10)

No ranked fighters were in action so the rankings remain unchanged.

Cruiserweight (200 Pounds)

Oleksandr Usyk (1)

Murat Gassiev (2)

Mairis Briedis (3)

Denis Lebedev (4)

Krzysztof Glowacki (5)

Yunier Dorticos (6)

Ilunga Makabu (7)

Krzysztof Wlodarczyk (8)

Maksim Vlasov (9)

Dmitry Kudryashov (10)

The Nos. 1- and 3-ranked fighters in the division faced off in January. Oleksandr Usyk won the fight and advanced to the finals of the WBSS Boxing Tournament. It was a fantastic performance by both Usyk and his challenger, Mairis Breidis. Both fighters remain where they are on in the rankings.

Light Heavyweight (175 Pounds)

Adonis Stevenson (1)

Sergey Kovalev (2)

Eleider Alvarez (3)

Oleksandr Gvozdyk (4)

Artur Beterviev (5)

Sullivan Barrera (6)

Badou Jack (7)

Marcus Browne (8)

Dmitry Bivol (9)

Joe Smith Jr. (10)

No fighters in the top 10 were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.

Super Middleweight (168 Pounds)

Gilberto Ramirez (1)

George Groves (2)

Chris Eubank Jr. (3))

James DeGale (4)

Anthony Dirrell (5)

Callum Smith (6)

Andre Dirrell (7)

David Benavidez (8)

Tyron Zeuge (9)

Caleb Truax (10)

No fighters in the top 10 were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.

Middleweight (160 Pounds)

Gennady Golovkin (1)

Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (2)

Daniel Jacobs (3)

Billy Joe Saunders (4)

David Lemieux (5)

Jermall Charlo (6)

Sergiy Derevyanchenko (7)

Andy Lee (8)

Avtandil Khurtsidze (9)

Ryoto Murata (10)

No fighters in the top 10 were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.

Jr. Middleweight (154 Pounds)

Erislandy Lara (1)

Jermell Charlo (2)

Jarrett Hurd (3)

Demetrius Andrade (4)

Julian Williams (5)

Sadam Ali (6)

Liam Smith (7)

Maciej Sulecki (8)

Austin Trout (9)

Tony Harrison (10)

No fighters in the top 10 were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.

Welterweight (147 Pounds)

Keith Thurman (1)

Errol Spence Jr. (2)

Danny Garcia (3)

Shawn Porter (4)

Kell Brook (5)

Jeff Horn (6)

Jessie Vargas (7)

Manny Pacquiao (8)

Lamont Peterson (9)

Sadam Ali (10)

Errol Spence Jr. continued his undefeated pro career with a win over Lamont Peterson at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The fight was called off after the sixth round when Peterson’s corner stopped the fight due to damage accumulated by the challenger.

Jr. Welterweight (140 Pounds)

Terence Crawford (1)

Mikey Garcia (2)

Julius Indongo (3)

Antonio Orozco (4)

Adrian Granados (5)

Eduard Troyanovsky (6)

Regis Prograis (7)

Sergey Lipinets (8)

Adrien Broner (9)

John Molina (10)

No fighters in the top 10 were in action this month, so the rankings remain unchanged.

About The Author

Justyn Likes was born in Germany and raised on a military base. A fan of MMA since 2006, Justyn recently started writing about the sport in 2015. He has a Bachelor's in History and currently resides in San Antonio, Texas. Other than covering MMA, Justyn is a die-hard Philadelphia Eagles fan.